Marc Barreda

Glass Artist based in Amsterdam

About

Photograph by Myscha Oreo

Marc Barreda (USA/NL, 1977).

After receiving a bachelor's degree in Biology from Williams College, Marc started a career in the arts, working as a mixed-media sculptor and training as a glassblower. He developed an understanding of glass by working for a variety of artists and by taking and assisting at classes at glass schools around the United States and Europe. This commitment to the medium opened a variety of doors for him, both domestically and abroad. In 2005, Marc made his first trip to Holland to help develop the Vrij Glas Foundation. In 2009, he moved to Amsterdam full time to pursue a master's degree at Sandberg Institute, the graduate program of the Rietveld Academie. His work is shown internationally and is housed in the collections of The Creative Glass Center of America, the Museo Nacional del Vidrio in Spain, the Nationaal Glasmuseum of the Netherlands, and elsewhere. Marc also works with acclaimed artists and designers to help realize their ideas in glass and teaches at the KABK in The Hague. In the summer, Marc is also a commercial salmon fisherman in Alaska.

"My work develops through a reciprocal relationship between scientific concepts and the drama of existence, emphasizing an attention and devotion to fine craftsmanship and phenomenological explorations."